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Suite of 5 Directoire-period etchings and aquatint engravings depicting scenes from antiquity, after drawings by Jean-Guillaume MOITTE (1746-1810), author, and by the engraver Jean François JANINET (1752-1814). François Jules Gabriel Depeuille (1750), publisher.
4 engravings: (52 cm / 24 cm) with gilded wooden frame (70 cm / 42 cm):
- La Vertu de Lucrèce.
- The Death of Lucretia.
- Catilina's Conspiracy Discovered.
- Coriolan's Constance / Coriolan, condemned to exile by the Tribunes, consoles his wife and mother and recommends his two children to them.
1 engraving: (48 cm / 21 cm) with gilded wooden frame (54 cm / 37 cm):
- The officer apologizes to Philopoemen: I pay interest for my bad appearance.
Condition report: framed under glass with some foxing.
Ref: 4BQW3A8HNB